...cricket, at boating, and even at billiards, for there are two tables. The naval authorities recognise that " all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and £300 is allowed every year to defray the expenses of the recreations — to keep the thirteen rowingboats...

..." You are very welcome, daughter," he said, " and I am glad you enjoyed it. There is an old saying that ' all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,' and I think girl nature does not differ in that respect." " Oh, you dear papa! none of your children are...

...social duties, the writer feels, are potent adjuncts in making "farming unprofitable. It is an old maxim that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and it is equally true that a seclusion from our fellow tends to cripple a man's power for doing well and...

...breaking down ' when you have much work to do with hands or brain. " I suppose you have heard it said that ' all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' And I believe that all play and no work would be just as bad. Don't you? So I want to tell you how to do...

...who knows it should not rely on her for that day at least. Now all sensible persons know and admit that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and that a girl would indeed be stupid that did not take some recreation; but that should be reasonable,...

...in quieting the political troubles occasioned by certain disloyal Portuguese, thoroughly understood that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and that soldiers, like other people, are the better for a little amusement in their leisure hours. He...

...Japanese workmen, who are skilled, and want examples from Nature, evidently adhere to the principle that " all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and so, whether I liked it or not, when such a glorious day had presented itself, they were not going to...

...grounds the principles of freedom are deliberately rejected in too many secondary schools. The answer is that " All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." And now people are constantly complaining that Jack is dull, and wants brightening, and they attribute...

...be largely ascribed to the fact that in the management of the School due attention is given to the old adage that "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and a belief that plenty of diversion and especially of outdoor sport, banishes dullness, sets the red...

...told me that while they got a great deal out of it, it was exceedingly hard work for three months. It is an old adage that " all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and I believe the result would be satisfactory if there could be some occasional relaxation during these...